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More News And History About Rainbow Of Hope

The following are documented disturbing facts:

• In the earlier part of this decade, Rainbow Of Hope employed a counselor who was eventually fired for sleeping on the job. Investigation revealed that this particular counselor was a suspect for Accessory To Murder in Puerto Rico.
• Rainbow Of Hope currently employs a counselor named Adrienne Gery who worked as a Behavioral Assistant for children in the community. A parent of a child in Rainbow Of Hope identified Adrienne Gery as the individual who practiced psycho-therapy on her child. The parent reports that there were no records indicating Adrienne Gery is a licensed psycho-therapist. When the parent confronted her with this information, Adrienne Gery picked up her bag and immediately left. Adrienne Gery has been witnessed sleeping on the job at Rainbow Of Hope and while working the night shift, she ignored her duties to supervise the children and instead went into the basement of the facility to workout on the exercise equipment.
• In 2005, Rainbow Of Hope staff took the kids "Geocaching" in the woods between Weatherbee and Hunter's Mill Roads. According to New Jersey State Police Trooper Sean Day, "The group was unable to figure out how to work the GPS device, had no flashlights or survival gear and ventured so deep into the woods that they were lost and crawling in tangles and marshy areas." A rescue helicopter was dispatched to the site and a Rainbow Of Hope child-resident needed to be airlifted by the U.S. Coast Guard to the hospital to be treated for hypothermia. See article here: http://www.cachingcentral.com/?p=89
• Counselor Bridget Perez invited a fomer child-resident of Rainbow Of Hope to live with her. This former child-resident may or may not still be residing with Bridget Perez.
  
• A different employee claimed she was "going out to her car to grab a sweater". An hour later she pulled back into the parking lot!
• Counselor Bridget Perez had an unidentified visitor who rang the doorbell of the residential facility. Instead of supervising the children she stood outside talking to this person for almost an hour.
• Counselor Wayne Wilson made an open threatening statement in front of witnesses to the effect that: "If management pisses me off, they're gonna see my Black side. And nobody wants to see that!"
• A Rainbow Of Hope counselor was arrested and charged with illegally using a child-resident's insurance cards to pick up false prescriptions for controlled substances. This counselor was selling the medication.

Other Points Of Interest

A parent reported that when she returned her child from a home visit, counselor Bridget Perez "frisked" the child and "patted him down" to make sure he wasn't bringing contraband into the home. Many of the children-residents have suffered severe sexual abuse and the counselors at Rainbow Of Hope have no rights whatsoever to place their hands on a child. This demeaning "pat-down" was performed in front of another parent who was also returning her child to the facility after a visit. The other child was not frisked or patted down.

Manager Kevin Cook violated the HIPAA (the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) statutes by inviting numerous unscreened guests to the Rainbow Of Hope facility to witness a bell choir concert performed by the children-residents. This violation is by Kevin Cook's admission that any staff member who brings a visitor to the facility (such as Bridget Perez's late night caller) is inviolation of the HIPAA statutes.

Manager Kevin Cook violated the HIPPA statutes again by allowing numerous unscreened guests to attend a Fashion Show hosted by the children-residents. Kevin Cook announced it was a violation for anyone to "take photographs of the children" yet the agency Psychiatrist took numerous personal photographs of the children without the slightest admonishment from Kevin Cook.

Counselor Krisitn Perone was witnessed giving personal cards to the children-residents. Something seemingly innocent as this act is considered by Rainbow Of Hope to be a "boundary issue" and is forbidden by policy. Kristin Perone reported coworkers for similar acts. However, when Kristin Perone was reported, nothing was done by management to rectify the errant behavior.